活用語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
活	用	語
かつ Grade: 2	よう Grade: 2	ご Grade: 2
kan’on		goon

Etymology

Compound of 活(かつ)用(よう) (katsuyō, “inflection”) + 語(ご) (go, “word, term”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かつよーご [kàtsúyóógó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠t͡sɨᵝjo̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

活(かつ)用(よう)語(ご) • (katsuyōgo) ^{←くわつようご (kwatuyougo)?}

1. (Japanese grammar) conjugational parts of speech

   Hyponyms: 動詞 (dōshi, “verb”), 形容詞 (keiyōshi, “adjective”), 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi, “-na adjective”), 助動詞 (jodōshi, “auxiliary verb”)

Related terms

• 用(よう)言(げん) (yōgen)